Schewel, Heidi -FS
Fri 6/26/2020 8:38 PM
Bighorn Fire Update
June 26, 2020 Evening Update
Northern Rockies
Team 1
Northern Rockies Incident Management Team
Mike Goicoechea, Incident Commander
Incident Statistics
Location: Santa Catalina Mountains
Size:
88,046 acres
Containment:
40%
Injuries:
7 minor
Date detected:
June 5, 2020
Cause:
Lightning
Estimated cost
$28.1 MM
Resources
Hand Crews: 28
Dozers: 6
Engines: 90
Water-tenders: 28
Helicopters: 10
Personnel: 1187
Bighorn Fire Info: (520) 329-7439 & (520) 276-8981, 8AM-8PM
Media Phone Line: (520) 329-7640, 8AM-8PM
Website: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6741/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bighornfireinfo
Smoke: https://wildlandfiresmoke.net/outlooks/EasternArizona
Burned Area Response: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6796/
Weather: Fire behavior is likely to be active tonight. Temperatures 61-66 upper elevations and 69-74 valley. West-southwest 10-20 mph winds.
Today’s Activity: East of Catalina State Park, the fire was backing downslope and was held up when it ran out of vegetation. The north end of the fire from Biosphere II around the fire to north and east to Davis Mesa area was in patrol status. On the eastern flank, the fire spotted between Evans Mountain and Lone Hill. Crews scouted and worked on dozer line ahead of the spots supported by helicopter bucket work. In Sabino and Esperero canyons there are currently no hot spots showing. Structure protection was in place between Summerhaven and Willow Canyon. Firefighters were prepositioned and scouted line locations near Redington Pass.
Tonight’s Activities: Aerial ignition operations will be conducted near Palisade Canyon and Green Mountain to increase the size of the buffer. This will reduce the risk of uncontrolled fire reaching the Catalina Highway. East of Saddlebrook, a firing operation will take place to improve firelines in the foothills. Holding, mop up and structure protection will take place in Summerhaven, Willow Canyon, Saddlebrook, Biosphere, and Oracle sections of the fire. Sabino and other south flank canyons will be patrolled tonight.
Virtual public meeting tonight at 8 PM at Bighorn Fire Info https://www.facebook.com/bighornfireinfo.
Evacuation Notices: Visit pima.gov/bighorn or pinalcountyaz.gov/emergencymanagement
GO – Evacuate
SET – Be Alert
READY – Prepare Now
· East slope of the Catalina Mountains south of the Pima County line and west of the community of Redington
· Mt. Lemmon, Summerhaven, Mt. Bigelow
· Lower Catalina Highway/Lower Mt. Lemmon Communities from Organization Ridge Road to South Willow Canyon
· Redington community bordered by county lines on the north and east
· Portions of east Golder Ranch area
· Catalina Foothills areas east of Kolb Road within northern areas of Ventana Canyon neighborhoods
· Oro Valley areas from Catalina State Park south to Magee Road
· Catalina foothills areas from First Avenue to Alvernon Way
· Catalina Foothills between Alvernon Way and Kolb Road, north of Skyline Drive
· Community of Oracle near Peppersauce Canyon
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A temporary flight restriction is in place over the fire area. If you fly, we can’t. knowbeforeyoufly.org.
Closures: Sabino Canyon, Bear Canyon, and Catalina State Park are closed. Closures and maps at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/closures/6741/. Catalina Highway is closed to the public at milepost zero. Oracle Control Road is closed.
National Forest conditions: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/coronado/alerts-notices
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